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Hazel Daniels, PhD
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Forest pathologist working on #Phytophthora and fungal pathogens. An American transplant living the dream in Aotearoa. Intrests: unionism, #nzpol, corndogs, hammock naps. Opinions my own. #FreePalistine #ToitūTeTiriti
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Friends and foes in the obligate plant pathobiome
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
Friends and foes in the obligate plant pathobiome
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December 14, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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llewelyn68.bsky.social
Sounds an interesting exploration of #Phytophthora threats to Seagrass. Hope a good student applies and makes headway.
marinemicrobes.bsky.social Michael Cunliffe 🏳️‍🌈 @marinemicrobes.bsky.social · Nov 17
Funded PhD Opportunity: Seagrass Disease Ecology
Explore how the pseudofungus Phytophthora gemini impacts Zostera marina and restoration success. Lab + fieldwork @thembauk.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social & OCT. Combine microbiology, ecology & restoration science 🌱
👉 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK439/p...
December 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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meshedlight.bsky.social
Aotearoa: solidarity with trans people/trans kids

BLOCK THE BAN

National day of action

Friday 19 December
6pm
Western Park, Freemans Bay
Tāmaki Makaurau

(info from Block The Ban on instagram)

poster features colours of trans pride flag (blue, pink and white)
BLOCK THE BAN National day of action Friday 19 December 6pm Western Park, Freemans Bay Tāmaki Makaurau info from Block The Ban on instagram poster features colours of trans pride flag (blue, pink and white)
December 12, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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getgenome.bsky.social
GetGenome is proud to partner with @johninnescentre.bsky.social , @cimmyt.bsky.social , @gatesfoundation.bsky.social and #DEWAS to advance a bottom-up, equitable approach to access genomics 🌾 🧬

“Battling crop diseases without borders” www.jic.ac.uk/blog/battlin...
Battling crop diseases without borders | John Innes Centre
DEWAS is one of the world’s largest crop pathogen surveillance and advisory systems, protecting wheat productivity in food vulnerable areas of East Africa and South Asia.
www.jic.ac.uk
December 12, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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wheatpath.bsky.social
Reflections on the past, present, and future of quantitative plant disease epidemiology #LarryMadden doi.org/10.1146/annu...
December 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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I just published: ERC-Plus: jackpot science or missed chance to fix academia?

My reflections on ERC-Plus, Europe’s newest ultra-competitive research grant and what it tells us about the academic culture we’re building.

medium.com/p/erc-plus-j...
ERC-Plus: jackpot science or missed chance to fix academia?
My reflections on ERC-Plus, Europe’s newest ultra-competitive research grant and what it tells us about the academic culture we’re…
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December 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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🌿 Indigenous wisdom offers many ways: 10 diverse philosophies from around the world demonstrate how human-nature relationships can shift from domination to care.

@IPBES #TransformativeChange Assessment

Read the report: https://www.ipbes.net/transformative-change-assessment
An infographic illustrating indigenous and relational philosophies about sustainability and ways of being. The design features a tree-like structure with curved golden branches, each holding a colored circle representing different cultural concepts. At the base, an arrow transitions from "Relations of Domination" to "Relations of Care," showing transformation in values. Ten cultural concepts are displayed with unique icons and locations: Ubuntu (Sub-Saharan Africa) with a turquoise bird Mino-mnaamodzawin (Anishinaabek, USA) Satoyama and Satoumi (Japan) with cherry blossoms Saffu (Oromo, Ethiopia) with a leaf Kawsak Sacha (Kichwa, Ecuador) with a figure by water Nanao ñu'u (Mixtec, Mexico) Birgejupmi (Sápmi, Arctic) with a reindeer Suma Qamaña (Aymara, Bolivia) with a drum Sumak Kawsay (Kichwa, South America) Whakakapa (Aotearoa, New Zealand) with traditional symbols Below, a legend explains each concept's meaning, focusing on human-nature relationships, respect, and sustainable living practices. The overall theme emphasizes transformation from anthropocentric approaches to ecocentric and pluriversal formations based on reciprocity.
December 1, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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Significant new paper out from the Syngenta team. Guiding blight management. #Euroblight #Phytophthora

New Mechanisms of Resistance to CAA and OSBPI Fungicides in Phytophthora infestans - Torriani - Plant Pathology - Wiley Online Library bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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December 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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plantdisease.bsky.social
Dr. Lina Quesada (@NCState) joins host Matt Kasson to talk downy mildews, sweet potato diseases, and how her lab connects basic research to real grower needs. A great look at science and extension in action.

🎧 Listen now: https://www.plantopiapodcast.org/66
November 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
foresthazel.com
💯 one of my absolute favourite things in life. We love a gender-neutral salutation in this house.
metaomicsnerd.bsky.social Dr. Katharine Dickson @metaomicsnerd.bsky.social · 25d
not going to lie, one of my favorite perks of being Dr. is being able to give someone a pointed answer to "are you Miss or Mrs."
November 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Statement from Te Ohu Rata o Aotearoa (Māori Medical Practitioners Association) expressing its condemnation of the banning of puberty blockers by the NZ government.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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Pest survey card on #Phytophthora ramorum (non‐EU isolates) | EFSA
www.efsa.europa.eu/en/supportin...

@efsa.europa.eu

#PlantHealth
#PlantBiosecurity
#InvasivePlantPathogens
#Oomycete
Pest survey card on Phytophthora ramorum (non‐EU isolates)
This document provides the conclusions of the pest survey card that was prepared in the context of the EFSA mandate on plant pest surveillance (M‐2020‐0114) at the request of the European Commission. ...
www.efsa.europa.eu
November 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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jamesemcdonald.bsky.social
🧵 1/ New preprint alert! From the FUTURE OAK project, led by the super talented @alejandra1909.bsky.social

Large-scale culturing of the tree microbiome enables targeted disease suppression

Here's what we found... 👇

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Large-scale culturing of the tree microbiome enables targeted disease suppression
The tree microbiome is essential for host health and pathogen suppression. Synthetic microbial communities (SynComs) are emerging as important tools to understand microbiome dynamics and engineer micr...
www.biorxiv.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
foresthazel.com
#plur1bus posting (e3): if they have a "biological imperative" for complete coverage, why allow/encourage Carol's ~requests~ (which would diminish their physical capacity to meet their goal)? And why care about Carol's current mood if they're planning to assimilate w/o consent anyway?
November 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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paolocrosetto.bsky.social
What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.

It's *scientific publishing*.

We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.

Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...

Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
foresthazel.com
Add to that a modicum of pedagogy! At minimum, an understanding of how their audience engages and absorbs knowledge (a hint: not lectures)
docfreeride.bsky.social Janet D. Stemwedel @docfreeride.bsky.social · Nov 14
Real talk: to the extent that academics engage in anything resembling either teaching or knowledge-building, they absolutely need people skills.
November 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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bodegacats.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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funghimicologia.bsky.social
Unravelling the diversity of soil fungal and oomycete communities in the Quercus ilex L. rhizosphere of dehesa grasslands: a metabarcoding approach

#fungalcommunities

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Unravelling the diversity of soil fungal and oomycete communities in the Quercus ilex L. rhizosphere of dehesa grasslands: a metabarcoding approach - Plant and Soil
Background and aims Soil microbial communities are vital for ecosystem function and biodiversity, yet their composition and drivers in Mediterranean agroforestry systems remain underexplored. This stu...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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This same question confronts foreign govts as well. Many have been cowed into appeasing Trump due to the very real pain he can inflict in the short term. But with his domestic weakness increasingly clear, a stiffer approach could add more pressure that weakens him even further in the long term.
judah-grunstein.bsky.social Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · Nov 5
The same question awaits the Dems. Do they act like a relatively normal party that has just gotten proof of concept for an electoral landslide, or scare themselves off of a fight they can win?
November 5, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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plantdisease.bsky.social
APS membership opens doors. Through the OIP #globalmembership Program, selected plant pathologists receive access to:

Applications are now open until December 31, 2025. Don’t miss this chance to grow your career!

https://bit.ly/46w75RB

#plantpathology #platscience
November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Graduate research MSc and PhD opportunities in Plant Pathology at Université Laval, Canada

Are you ready to tackle a cutting-edge pathology challenge? Join the Tweddell Lab at Université Laval and investigate Phytophthora abietivora – the pathogen causing root rot in Christmas-tree plantations in…
Graduate research MSc and PhD opportunities in Plant Pathology at Université Laval, Canada
Are you ready to tackle a cutting-edge pathology challenge? Join the Tweddell Lab at Université Laval and investigate Phytophthora abietivora – the pathogen causing root rot in Christmas-tree plantations in Québec. Graduate opportunities available for MSc (2 years) and PhD (3-4 years), starting January, May or September 2026.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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AoNZ - do you use your local public library?
Let Public Libraries NZ know!

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October 29, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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BIG NEWS. The NZ Green Party have signed our open letter calling on bipartisan effort to regulate AI. Looking at you now @chrishipkins.bsky.social Luxon 👀 #nzpol

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October 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Join in team, all signatures welcome here! #nzpol #NoRSB #NZpolitics #ToitūTeTiriti #TangataTiriti #Aotearoa #NewZealand
ninjakitty.bsky.social NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · Oct 24
Sign this petition about the Regulatory Standards Bill, please

petitions.parliament.nz/212f27b2-98f...
Petition request That the House of Representatives urge the Government to withdraw the Regulatory Standards Bill from the legislative programme. Petition reason I am petitioning the House because nearly every submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill opposed it, yet the Government plans to pass it anyway. I believe this shows disregard for public participation and democratic integrity. I think the Government is ignoring the 98.7 percent of submitters who oppose the bill and cannot be trusted to listen. I feel that Parliament must act to restore public trust by urging the Government to withdraw this Bill.
October 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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newzealandecology.bsky.social
📢 A new study in NZJE looks at the effects of kauri dieback on beetle communities

🪲 Reduced abundance and species richness of forest beetles associated with dieback of kauri (Agathis australis) trees due to Phytophthora agathidicida

🪲 Lead author: Carl Wardhaugh

newzealandecology.org/nzje/3618
Reduced abundance and species richness of forest beetles associated with dieback of kauri (Agathis australis) trees due to Phytophthora agathidicida | NZES
newzealandecology.org
October 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM